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  2. Mite - Wikipedia

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    Ticks are well known for carrying diseases, such as Lyme disease [56] and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. [57] Mites and their eggs, drawn by Robert Hooke, Micrographia, 1665. Chiggers are known primarily for their itchy bite, but they can also spread disease in some limited circumstances, such as scrub typhus. [58]

  3. Trombiculidae - Wikipedia

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    Trombiculid mites are found throughout the world. In Europe and North America, they tend to be more prevalent in the hot and humid regions. In northern Europe, including the British Isles where they are called harvest mites, the species Neotrombicula autumnalis are found during the summer and autumn (in French, harvest mites are called aoûtat because they are common in August [19]).

  4. Mites of domestic animals - Wikipedia

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    Mites that infest and parasitize domestic animals cause disease and loss of production. Mites are small invertebrates, most of which are free living but some are parasitic. Mites are similar to ticks and both comprise the order Acari in the phylum Arthropoda. Mites are highly varied and their classification is complex; a simple grouping is used ...

  5. Tick infestation - Wikipedia

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    There are multiple ways to approach the issue of how to prevent tick infestation. For many years, the main way in which humans thought to control tick infestation was by the use of pesticides against ticks, called acaricides. [10] This has been especially important in the context of ticks that infested cattle. [10]

  6. Tick-borne disease - Wikipedia

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    The occurrence of ticks and tick-borne illnesses in humans is increasing. [7] Tick populations are spreading into new areas, in part due to climate change . [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Tick populations are also affected by changes in the populations of their hosts (e.g. deer, cattle, mice, lizards) and those hosts' predators (e.g. foxes).

  7. Coumaphos - Wikipedia

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    Coumaphos is a nonvolatile, fat-soluble phosphorothioate with ectoparasiticide properties: it kills insects and mites. It is well known by a variety of brand names as a dip or wash, used on farm and domestic animals to control ticks, mites, flies and fleas. [1]